Career Academies

OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER ACADEMIES

Career academies employ a 40-year proven model that works to increase college and career readiness for students. Career academies bring together academic and career and technical education into one comprehensive experience for students.

ELEMENTS OF A CAREER ACADEMY

A small learning community, comprising a group of students within the larger high school who take classes together for at least two years, taught by a team of teachers from different disciplines.

A college-preparatory curriculum with a career theme, enabling students to see relationships among academic subjects and their applications to a broad field of work.

Partnerships with employers, the community, and local colleges, bringing resources from outside the high school to improve student motivation and achievement.

BENEFITS OF CAREER ACADEMIES IN MISSISSIPPI

Increase curriculum relevance for students

Increase student achievement

Reduce the dropout rate

Increase postsecondary attainment

Help industries hire highly skilled workers

Improve the earning prospects of students

Align with other efforts to ensure youth and adults have the skills and credentials our economy demands